WESTWOOD, MA – The Trustees of the Yawkey Foundation have announced 13 new Education Program & Small Capital grants totaling $821,000 to nonprofit organizations that are dedicated to providing resources and pathways to academic and economic mobility to underserved youth and families across Greater Boston.
In announcing these grants, the Foundation continues its longstanding commitment to education, an area deeply rooted in the legacies of Jean and Tom Yawkey. Since 1977, the Foundation has invested more than $125 million in support of educational programs that foster access, persistence, and success for youth and adults in their learning journeys.
The 2025 Education Program & Small Capital grantees include:
These newly awarded grants complement more than $6.7 million in existing multiyear commitments in this category to organizations such as Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, Lawrence Catholic Academy, Ron Burton Training Village, and Nativity Boston.
These grants also build upon the Foundation’s ongoing investments for college tuition scholarships through the Yawkey Scholars Program, the Yawkey 1933 Scholars, and Yawkey-endowed higher education scholarship programs at several colleges and universities. These awards prioritize first-generation students living in communities subject to under-investment in Massachusetts and Georgetown, South Carolina, the two places Jean and Tom Yawkey called home during their lifetimes.
The Yawkey Foundation is dedicated to perpetuating the philanthropic legacy of Tom Yawkey and Jean Yawkey, whose quiet generosity over eight decades supported individuals and families in the communities closest to their hearts – Massachusetts and Georgetown County, South Carolina. With more than $600 million awarded to date in charitable grants, the Foundation supports nonprofit organizations working in health care, education, human services, youth and amateur athletics, arts and culture, and conservation and wildlife.
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